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Hair Comb with Bats and Clouds
late 19th century (Edo period (1603–1868))
Ivory, lacquer
Fashionable women in Japan during the Edo period (1615–1868) wore elaborate hairstyles embellished with different types of ornaments of varying sizes and materials, including hairpins, combs, and bars. The decoration of each ornament is determined by factors such as the season, the occasion, the symbolism, or individual taste.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 6 7/8 × W: 2 3/8 × D: 3/8 in. (17.4 × 6 × 1 cm)
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.799